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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Evagrius Ponticus

345 - 399

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Evagrius Ponticus (Greek: Εὐάγριος ὁ Ποντικός), also called Evagrius the Solitary (345–399 AD), was a Christian monk and ascetic from Heraclea, a city on the coast of Bithynia in Asia Minor. One of the most influential theologians in the late fourth-century church, he was well known as a thinker, polished speaker, and gifted writer. He left a promising ecclesiastical career in Constantinople and traveled to Jerusalem, where in 383 AD he became a monk at the monastery of Rufinus and Melania the Elder. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Evagrius Ponticus has received more than 413,809 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Evagrius Ponticus is the 738th most popular religious figure (down from 657th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 297th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Turkish Religious Figure.

Evagrius Ponticus is most famous for his "Praktikos," a work that is a guide to the spiritual life.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Evagrius Ponticus ranks 738 out of 2,238Before him are Al-Nasa'i, Gertrude of Nivelles, Menno Simons, Said Nursî, Leonard of Noblac, and Hippolytus of Rome. After him are Martin Bucer, John of God, Pat Garrett, Mesud II, Philip the Evangelist, and Ivo of Kermartin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 345, Evagrius Ponticus ranks 2Before him is Jerome. After him are Eugenius, Tyrannius Rufinus, Gu Kaizhi, and Peter of Sebaste. Among people deceased in 399, Evagrius Ponticus ranks 3Before him are Pope Siricius and Emperor Nintoku. After him are Eutropius, Bahram IV, and Saint Fabiola.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Evagrius Ponticus ranks 330 out of 1,301Before him are Ibn Hawqal (943), Gevherhan Sultan (1605), Şehzade Mehmed (1605), Strato of Lampsacus (-335), Said Nursî (1877), and Gregory of Narek (951). After him are Tansu Çiller (1946), Theodoret (393), Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Kaya Sultan (1633), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), and David of Trebizond (1408).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Turkey

Among religious figures born in Turkey, Evagrius Ponticus ranks 47Before him are Philemon (100), Theodora (815), Lydia of Thyatira (100), Erasmus of Formia (300), Theophilus of Antioch (140), and Said Nursî (1877). After him are Onesimus (1), Nectarios of Aegina (1846), Papias of Hierapolis (70), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), Euphemia (289), and Expeditus (300).